Textbook Vocabulary - Ch 10

Definition: firmly favoring one party or faction

• partisan

• cabinet

• precedent

• caucus

Definition: a group of advisers to a president

• partisan

• cabinet

• precedent

• caucus

Definition: a meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates for upcoming elections

• partisan

• cabinet

• precedent

• caucus

Definition: certificate that promises to repay borrowed money in the future

• alien

• impressment

• bond

• sedition

Definition: a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country

• alien

• impressment

• bond

• sedition

Definition: seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service

• alien

• impressment

• bond

• sedition

Definition: the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give the federal government or forbid to the states

• states rights

• precedent

• cabinet

• caucus

Definition: something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow

• sedition

• alien

• nullify

• precedent

Definition: to legally overturn

• sedition

• alien

• nullify

• precedent

Definition: activities aimed at weakening the established government

• sedition

• alien

• nullify

• precedent